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... the serigraph method for other themes such as Coca Cola bottles, Heinz Tomato ketchup and the Brillo washing powder. Warhol also embarked on producing series dedicated to other myths of the U.S society such as movie stars Marilyn Monroe and Liz Taylor or Rock N' Roll legend Elvis Presley. All these themes were multiplied or zoomed with various effects accentuating their obsessive meanings. The exhibition of such series at the Stable Gallery in November 1962 was a triumphal success for Warhol. At the same time he took part in a major Pop Art exhibition at Sydney Janis' gallery and participated in December in a Pop Art symposium at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The following year he settled at 47 East Street in a huge studio, which he called "The Factory". There with the help of Gérard Malanga he produced hundreds of his famous silk screen series ...